[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26539]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        REPUBLICANS HAVE A BILL

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, we heard a good friend across the aisle 
just a little bit ago say, Hey, where is the Republican bill? You don't 
have one scored by CBO? Well, I'm sure he didn't know, but some of us 
have bills, we have many bills. I've been trying for 2\1/2\ months to 
get a score from CBO, but I've been shut out. I haven't been able to 
get a score. And it is a bill that will give coverage to everyone; it 
will make sure seniors have complete coverage like they've never had 
before; it would be a savings for people.
  But the Democrats have a bill. They cut a deal with pharmaceuticals, 
forcing people with HSA to buy prescriptions instead of over the 
counter, cut a deal with some insurance companies so they will have 
liability limitations, cut a deal where States will be bribed to 
eliminate caps on attorneys' fees and caps on damages, cut a deal with 
unions. It appears that there's not adequate requirements for 
identification, then it's a deal for illegals, and also for abortion.
  This is not the bill we should be supporting. Let's get a new bill. 
We've got it.

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